#bird fair

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[wasabi-gumdrop]

Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!

[wolfythewitch]

Anytime I see one of these I feel like we’re the paparazzi trying to get you to tell us bonus details about your life or your work

(leans into the mic and whispers) we might get a cat sometime this year

[thatswhatsushesaid]

huaisang, do you have spurs that jingle jangle jingle as you go ridin' merrily along--

[sefusneezed]

The fellas they stole rations and are tryna split the cancer inducing powdered choccy milk

[bottombaron]

I think we sometimes forget that Nandor was chosen by The Baron, one of the most ancient and powerful vampires, to lead an expedition with Nadja and Laszlo to conquor all of 'The New World' and subjugate its people roughly 200 years ago...

[laxibbeb]

what if you kissed your mate in the misty autumn morning while you're both dressed in impeccably matching attire

[akabirdieart]

The Wren Faire has officially LAUNCHED!

Secure your pin of medieval avian whimsy today! Give your bird or ren faire friend a cute gift! Support a disabled queer artist trying to kick off a pin business!

We have a limited number of Early Bird slots available for the first 72 hours of the campaign.

Currently we are about 1/8 of the way to funding the first design: the Fairy Wren Faerie! Here’s a little more about her. Follow this blog or the project on Kickstarter to learn more about all the feathered friends at our Faire!

(colors shown are distorted for effect; to see true color intention view the Kickstarter link!)

[assiraphales]

do u ever think nami looks at luffy n zoro doing something stupid and thinks to herself in horror “they were alone together before they met me”

[claypigeonpottery]

I feel I must share this as it has to do with my namesake

Scout’s little face!

she’s a fierce pigeon, and she would destroy us if her beak wasn’t so cute and useless

[waterghostype]

non binary lego character spectrum

primordial godlike thousands of years old source dragon of the elements of life itself with incomprehensible power

that fucking bird that i hate

[mathildejr]

Oiseaux de l’Orage, more research! Been drawing birbs all week, that’s been nice. Next I got to do studies of - the rain - donkeys - stone towers - do characters sheet (in colour) and then i can move on to comic pages

[bebemoon]

my scans | elle magazine, ph. cass bird

[adreamfromnevermore]

You ever think that Monty might not be Esther's first familiar? Oh he's the one she has now. And maybe she's had him for a while, a couple years maybe even a few decades. But he isn't her first.

Because Esther isn't the type to keep her old toys around, she finds them and makes them into what she needs and keeps them for as long as they continue to be useful to her. And eventually there comes a spell or a potion or something of the type that requires a sacrifice of something close to her. And what do you know, she has this quaint little familiar right here. Something that relies on her, and knows only her and is oh so replaceable when you live as long as she does.

Monty isn't her first familiar, and he's probably not the first one she's ripped apart and put back together, but she's all he ever knew.

[mrmeepsmadmind]

Metalhawk: bro stop calling my people NAILS

Starscream: if you tase me im gonna make u my dead wife istg

Wheeljack: why do your optics turn separate directions whenever i mention the word 'plan'.

Ratchet: yeah i have arthritis so idc if i die tbh :/

rodimus: im buying an rv and me and all these strangers (who like me more than u, not that it matters ) (im hot) are gonna * EXPLODES EVERYONE *

wheeljack, in the middle of discussing a very elaborate pain-staking plan:... ... something just exploded & i wasn't the cause 😢...

prowl: WHERE IS YOUR RAGE

needlenose: i sure love my big dumb evil husband. sure hope a disgruntled little popcorn kernel doesn't detonate a bomb in his head

Wheeljack: fuck my life

Starscream: i love lying, so, naturally-- im gonna become a politician.

ironhide: i saw the hat man

the intelligent Bumble (bee):